One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty Eight ‘Quenching’ Rebirth

Brothers, I have opened a new book again: Restarting Life: I can call myself ten years ago. Brothers, help me collect it and give some recommendations!

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Such a lead did not even occur to the carbon nanotube chip developers of Spark Technology.

When they launched the first-generation carbon nanotube chips before, they were in a hurry to launch products.

Therefore, when it comes to the layout of carbon nanotube lines, the choice is a little hasty, and the steps of building the chip are not carefully studied.

But even so, their first-generation 28-nanometer carbon nanotube chips have already surpassed all competitors at the same level in terms of performance.

Later, because it was restricted by some production equipment and production materials.

For example, photolithography machines, photoresists, etc., so they are not in a hurry to develop the next generation of carbon nanotube chips.

It is in the area of ​​28nm carbon nanotube chips that we have been working repeatedly to tap our potential.

But no one expected that such great potential would be tapped.

In the past, in the era of silicon-based chips, scientists kept trying to shrink the chip manufacturing process.

For example, in three to five years, the chip manufacturing process will be reduced by a few nanometers.

In fact, it is to accumulate more transistors in a specific space.

Because the more transistors you lay out, the faster you can compute.

But as the manufacturing process becomes smaller and smaller, according to Moore's Law, the potential of this silicon-based chip is approaching its limit.

For example, the current mainstream 5-nanometer process silicon-based chips, although it is said that the computing performance is 20% higher than the previous generation 7-nanometer process chip, and the power consumption is also 20% smaller.

But actually!

The actual use experience of mainstream mobile phones using 5nm process chips on the market is actually not very good?

Especially in the area of ​​heat control, neither Qualcomm nor Fruit did a very good job.

Using the 5nm process Snapdragon 888 and Fruit A14 chip,

If you play games, it will get hot after an hour or two of use.

And it consumes crazy power.

This actually shows that the 5nm process silicon-based chip technology is not very mature yet.

You can also improve and tap your potential deeply.

But because of fierce competition, chip designers and manufacturers simply cannot stop.

They are unwilling to stop exploring potential in the 5-nanometer process because, in their view, it is better to spend money here.

It is better to jump directly to the next generation 3nm process production technology.

After all, this world is all about who breaks through first.

Whoever masters the 3nm process technology first will be able to receive more orders.

As for the performance of silicon-based chips produced in the 3-nanometer process, in theory it is one thing, but in practice it is another.

But they don't care about consumers' feelings at all.

Anyway, as long as it is said to be 3 nanometers, it is enough to make consumers feel superior.

As for whether they can take advantage of the 3nm experience, businesses don’t care.

This is what chip manufacturers thought before Spark Technology entered this field.

But when Spark Technology intervened in this field and directly produced carbon nanotube chips, it turned out that all those chip manufacturers were in a mess.

At this time, everyone's desire to rush forward is even stronger. As for performance, it doesn't matter.

But as long as the manufacturing process is shortened, it will sound high-tech and high-tech.

Consumers are willing to pay, so that their chips can compete with carbon nanotube chips.

But after Xinghuo Technology understood their mentality, they relaxed.

Just let them go in a hurry.

After all, even if they develop a silicon-based chip with a 1-nanometer process, it will be useless.

Because the difference between silicon-based chips and carbon nanotube chips is determined by the physical properties of the materials.

Carbon nanotube chips, because they use graphene tubes, have inherent advantages over the transistors used in silicon-based chips.

The working principle of silicon-based chips is that electrons string on both sides of the transistor and trigger the switch to transmit signals.

Carbon nanotubes are tubes made of rolled graphene. Electrons move back and forth in this tube at a faster speed.

The most important thing is that the heat dissipation of this thing is inherently better than that of silicon. It has less friction, good heat dissipation, and naturally lower power consumption.

And when the chip is working, if the self-heating is low, the electrons escaping and signal interference of the chip for a long time will be better.

Therefore, the performance of carbon nanotube chips is inherently better than silicon-based chips.

As for how much stronger it is, it depends on the design of the engineers.

Now that the carbon nanotube chips produced by the 28nm process have surpassed the silicon-based chips produced by the 5nm process of the same era.

Spark Technology is not in a hurry.

And in order to train engineers, those cloning experts also led the team step by step to design the layout of the chip.

Repeatedly tap into the potential of the 28nm process.

After all, to design such a chip, they need to use electronic tools similar to EDA developed by them.

And you also need to have your own ideas, why you want to design it this way, and what is the purpose of this design.

This is completely different from arranging transistors on track chips, because the properties of graphene tubes and transistors are also completely different.

A lot of designs that couldn't be done before are now possible.

Therefore, chip designers naturally need to open up their minds and train themselves from scratch.

The current carbon nanotube chips produced in the 28nm process have been continuously redesigned and their potential has been tapped repeatedly.

Two generations of products have been launched.

The performance of the second-generation products is already equivalent to that of silicon-based chips made with a 3-nanometer process.

But now Sansang and Tejidian are still busy working in a hurry, trying to complete the design of 3-nanometer silicon-based chips.

But it is said that the progress is not very smooth.

Although Sansan has publicly stated many times that it has mastered the technology, in fact it is still far from actual mass production.

But now their second-generation 28-nanometer carbon nanotube chips are already ahead of their 3-nanometer technology.

As for the third-generation carbon nanotube chip they launched using a 28-nanometer process, its performance has improved by about 30% compared to the second generation.

It is estimated that the next generation of Sansang and Tejidian, that is, the 2nm process silicon-based chips, will be comparable to their third generation 28nm process carbon nanotube chips.

This is equivalent to Spark Technology having led the world for ten years in terms of chip computing power.

And not only on mobile phones, their 28nm carbon nanotube chip, even if it is a first-generation product, is already comparable to the I9 in performance.

So they are now completely at the pinnacle of the chip industry.

With such a huge lead, they were naturally in no hurry to move forward.

During this time, they need to improve the production process and develop production equipment designs suitable for the next generation.

So naturally I don’t mind being a toothpaste factory.

After all, setting up a chip factory is very expensive.

For example, why did they build a chip factory in Xiongji City instead of choosing a southern city with greater talent and geographical advantages?

Isn’t it just because of the cost?

In the southern region, any big city has abundant human resources, but the problem is that land prices are also expensive!

Even those big cities, in order to attract them, are willing to give them free land and even give them tax breaks.

They don't want to go either...

Why?

Because the most important thing for a factory is its people!

If you go to those big cities in the south, you will indeed get free land to build factories, and there are also tax incentives.

But the problem is that the cost of living here is high!

Even if you pay an engineer a salary of 50,000 yuan a month, will he be able to buy a house in the local area after working for a long time?

Engineers can't afford the housing prices, which can easily cost hundreds or tens of millions. Do you think they can avoid being impetuous?

After all, engineers are human beings too, and they also need to get married and have children.

So it is better to locate the factory in Rooster, where the same land will be given for free, and the same tax incentives will be given.

The key is that with one month's salary, engineers can buy a house in a small town.

You said there are no educational resources here?

Haha, do you think the resources of big factories are given to you for free?

Let's set up a school for our own children and let those old engineers who can't keep up teach in the school.

As for medical resources, let alone that. Are you kidding when the time comes when you think the affiliated companies Ninth Lab and Celebrity Chef Group are kidding?

At that time, just send some people over to set up a branch of Sunshine Hospital and that will be it.

Educational and medical resources have been provided, so that the engineers have nothing to worry about.

With their salary, they can live a financially free life early in this small town.

The most important thing is that the city here is small, there is not so much entertainment, and there are not so many temptations.

More time will allow those engineers to concentrate on research and development.

Why are Swedes and Germans so industrially strong?

In addition to their national character, a very important reason is the environment.

As soon as winter comes, it's freezing cold and snowy, and there's no place to go.

When you are tired of other things, what else can you do if you don’t put your extra energy into research and development?

But if you are in a warm southern city, it will be different.

It's so prosperous there, and there are so many temptations outside.

Engineers are also mortals. Once faced with temptation, how many of them can resist it?

So it is better to put the factory and R&D in this cold northern country.

The land is vast but sparsely populated, the resources are extremely rich, and the beautiful mountains and rivers are so boring.

When you are tired of playing in the mountains and rivers, all kinds of sports activities are arranged for you, and there is really nothing else to do.

If you don’t feel comfortable doing research and development, what else can you do?

Once you have fun doing research and development, you move on to the next level.

In Xiao Feng's view, this is a place where national character and people's hearts are tempered.

So he specially arranged the R&D center and factory here.

In the end, a large number of people will definitely be eliminated. These people can't stand the cold and loneliness, and will be kicked out.

But in fact, they are not suitable for this research and development system.

Because research and development is a kind of painful practice, with constant trial and error every day, and then constantly hitting the wall.

Until you finally break through, you will succeed...

This process is a practice, and those who can persevere will not only become everyone in the end.

It will also lead our nation to glory...